MADISON, Wis. – Illinois men's tennis defeated #3 seeded and host school Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday evening. Illinois rallied to win four singles matches after losing the doubles point.
Gabe Guzauskas and Alex Brown defeated Pratt/ Dzhurinskiy 6-3 in doubles and both picked up wins during singles. Brown put the Illini on the board, defeating Sebastian Vile 6-3,6-4 on court 4.
The Orange and Blue momentum continued with wins by #58 Olivier Stuart and Montsi. Stuart defeated Gabriel Huber 7-5,6-2 on court 3. Montsi gave Illinois a 3-1 lead with his 6-4,6-3 victory over Lenard Soha on court 2.
Guzauskas batted through a three set match to clinch the match for Illinois. The freshman defeat Tim Dzhurinskiy 6-2,3-6,6-4 on court 6 to send the Illini to tomorrow's semifinals.
Results
Doubles
1. Robin Parts/Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. #77 Lucas Horve/Hunter Heck (ILL) 6-2
2. #90 Alex Brown/Gabrielus Guzauskas (ILL) def. Jared Pratt/Tim Dzhurinskiy (WIS) 6-3
3. Lenard Soha/Gabriel Huber (WIS) def. #82 Siphosothando Montsi/Olivier Stuart (ILL) 7-6 (7-5)
Singles
1. Jared Pratt (WIS) vs. #82 Hunter Heck (ILL) 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 3-1, unfinished
2. Siphosothando Montsi (ILL) def. Lenard Soha (WIS) 6-4, 6-3
3. #58 Olivier Stuart (ILL) def. Gabriel Huber (WIS) 7-5, 6-2
4. Alex Brown (ILL) def. Sebastian Vile (WIS) 6-3, 6-4
5. Robin Parts (WIS) vs. Nic Meister (ILL) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 0-1, unfinished
6. Gabrielus Guzauskas (ILL) def. Tim Dzhurinskiy (WIS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,3,6)
Up Next
Illinois advances to tomorrow's semifinal against the no. 2 seed Michigan Wolverines. The match is set for 3 pm CT at the Nielson Tennis Stadium.
